Harriet E. Nuttall
@whosyourmammal.bsky.social
Registered veterinary surgeon and Post Graduate Researcher into the biomechanics of Paleocene and Eocene mammals, at the University of Birmingham.
#Yourpalaeolife II survey: https://forms.gle/s5b7WLQLUKxZ4WXM7
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#Yourpalaeolife Part II: the PI perspective
Hello everybody!
Welcome to the second part of this anonymous survey about field work in palaeontology - this time, we want to hear from ESTABLISHED CAREER PALAEONTOLOGISTS (more than 5 years post-PhD...
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It’s back and it’s as anonymous as a mosquito in your tent - #yourpalaeolife! This time, we need ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS (more than 5 years post-PhD? That’s YOU) to tell us how field work works – or how it doesn’t! #therockfatherpartII #showusallyourlayers #sedimentarystyle
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Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
🚨 UK Student Palaeo Research Opportunity 🚨
Brymbo Fossil Forest are offering students the chance to get involved in active palaeontology research & excavations ⚒️ at a unique #Carboniferous fossil site in Wales 🏴 - See below for more details ⬇️
#Paleontology #Geology #Fieldwork #FossilFriday #ECR
Brymbo Fossil Forest are offering students the chance to get involved in active palaeontology research & excavations ⚒️ at a unique #Carboniferous fossil site in Wales 🏴 - See below for more details ⬇️
#Paleontology #Geology #Fieldwork #FossilFriday #ECR
February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
🚨 UK Student Palaeo Research Opportunity 🚨
Brymbo Fossil Forest are offering students the chance to get involved in active palaeontology research & excavations ⚒️ at a unique #Carboniferous fossil site in Wales 🏴 - See below for more details ⬇️
#Paleontology #Geology #Fieldwork #FossilFriday #ECR
Brymbo Fossil Forest are offering students the chance to get involved in active palaeontology research & excavations ⚒️ at a unique #Carboniferous fossil site in Wales 🏴 - See below for more details ⬇️
#Paleontology #Geology #Fieldwork #FossilFriday #ECR
Strictly speaking our next Lecture is Hannah Byrne’s on 🦈, Wednesday next week (18th Feb), but after that it will be Ale 😊🦖
At our next #LapworthLecture on Mon 9 March, Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza will speak about his research on #dinosaur ecosystem responses to #climatechange during the Mesozoic.
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Strictly speaking our next Lecture is Hannah Byrne’s on 🦈, Wednesday next week (18th Feb), but after that it will be Ale 😊🦖
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
At our next #LapworthLecture on Mon 9 March, Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza will speak about his research on #dinosaur ecosystem responses to #climatechange during the Mesozoic.
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
February 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
At our next #LapworthLecture on Mon 9 March, Dr Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza will speak about his research on #dinosaur ecosystem responses to #climatechange during the Mesozoic.
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
Free & open to all.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Illustration: Davide Bonadonna
Alessandro Chiarenza
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at vladimir.remes@upol.cz. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc
Vladimír Remeš -
Vladimír Remeš -
vladremes.github.io
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
A postdoc position in Biogeography and Macroecology is available at Palacky University, Czech Republic, with an application deadline of March 15, 2026. For details, contact prof. Vladimir Remes at vladimir.remes@upol.cz. More info: https://vladremes.github.io #postdoc
Are you a palaeontologist? Do you have OPINIONS about what that means? Want to vent them anonymously in a scientifically productive way? Fill in the #yourpalaeolife survey to ensure you are represented in our results!
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#disgruntledpalaeomasses #showusyourhydrothermalvents
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#disgruntledpalaeomasses #showusyourhydrothermalvents
#Yourpalaeolife Part II: the PI perspective
Hello everybody!
Welcome to the second part of this anonymous survey about field work in palaeontology - this time, we want to hear from ESTABLISHED CAREER PALAEONTOLOGISTS (more than 5 years post-PhD...
forms.gle
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Are you a palaeontologist? Do you have OPINIONS about what that means? Want to vent them anonymously in a scientifically productive way? Fill in the #yourpalaeolife survey to ensure you are represented in our results!
forms.gle/5db3uUVeSNYm...
#disgruntledpalaeomasses #showusyourhydrothermalvents
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#disgruntledpalaeomasses #showusyourhydrothermalvents
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Did you know sharks and their relatives predate trees?
Join Dr Hannah Byrne on 18 Feb at her Lapworth Lecture on sharks' evolutionary success due to a lightweight cartilage skeleton, both on campus and Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
📸: Upper and lower jaw with teeth of an Angel shark.
Join Dr Hannah Byrne on 18 Feb at her Lapworth Lecture on sharks' evolutionary success due to a lightweight cartilage skeleton, both on campus and Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
📸: Upper and lower jaw with teeth of an Angel shark.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Did you know sharks and their relatives predate trees?
Join Dr Hannah Byrne on 18 Feb at her Lapworth Lecture on sharks' evolutionary success due to a lightweight cartilage skeleton, both on campus and Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
📸: Upper and lower jaw with teeth of an Angel shark.
Join Dr Hannah Byrne on 18 Feb at her Lapworth Lecture on sharks' evolutionary success due to a lightweight cartilage skeleton, both on campus and Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
📸: Upper and lower jaw with teeth of an Angel shark.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Our next Lapworth Lecture will be on Wed 18 Feb with Dr Hannah Byrne!
Hannah will speak about innovations in shark skeletons, aiding their remarkable evolutionary success.
Free to attend, open to all.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Hannah will speak about innovations in shark skeletons, aiding their remarkable evolutionary success.
Free to attend, open to all.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Our next Lapworth Lecture will be on Wed 18 Feb with Dr Hannah Byrne!
Hannah will speak about innovations in shark skeletons, aiding their remarkable evolutionary success.
Free to attend, open to all.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Hannah will speak about innovations in shark skeletons, aiding their remarkable evolutionary success.
Free to attend, open to all.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom 💻
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Delve into the world of Ancient Egypt at our #LapworthLecture on Monday with Prof. Paul T. Nicholson 🔍
Free to attend, open to all.
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to all.
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Delve into the world of Ancient Egypt at our #LapworthLecture on Monday with Prof. Paul T. Nicholson 🔍
Free to attend, open to all.
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to all.
📅 Mon 12 Jan, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info and Zoom registration: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
It’s back and it’s as anonymous as a mosquito in your tent - #yourpalaeolife! This time, we need ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS (more than 5 years post-PhD? That’s YOU) to tell us how field work works – or how it doesn’t! #therockfatherpartII #showusallyourlayers #sedimentarystyle
forms.gle/61LiJpD5RfWx...
forms.gle/61LiJpD5RfWx...
#Yourpalaeolife Part II: the PI perspective
Hello everybody!
Welcome to the second part of this anonymous survey about field work in palaeontology - this time, we want to hear from ESTABLISHED CAREER PALAEONTOLOGISTS (more than 5 years post-PhD...
forms.gle
January 5, 2026 at 10:53 AM
It’s back and it’s as anonymous as a mosquito in your tent - #yourpalaeolife! This time, we need ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS (more than 5 years post-PhD? That’s YOU) to tell us how field work works – or how it doesn’t! #therockfatherpartII #showusallyourlayers #sedimentarystyle
forms.gle/61LiJpD5RfWx...
forms.gle/61LiJpD5RfWx...
Our first #LapworthLecture of 2026 will be presented by Professor Paul T. Nicholson (Cardiff University) on Ancient Egyptian animal burial sites.
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
📅 Monday 12 January, 17:30
Open to everyone and free to attend in-person and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
#LapworthRocks
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The University have moved to close Cambridge Vet School in 2032 despite the enormous shortage of vets in the UK for public and government practice, the growing reality of imported exotic disease and enormity of health research that will be lost. Petition to save it at the link
savethevetschool.co.uk
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Save the Vet School - join 1000s of voices standing with the Vet School
A vital institution. A community in action. A future worth protecting. Stand with us to save the vet school.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The University have moved to close Cambridge Vet School in 2032 despite the enormous shortage of vets in the UK for public and government practice, the growing reality of imported exotic disease and enormity of health research that will be lost. Petition to save it at the link
savethevetschool.co.uk
savethevetschool.co.uk
Had a cracking #PalAss25 with some really great discussions after my #Yourpalaolife talk, a brilliant dinner and some extremely geeky time at the Historic Dockyard. Might have left my heart on the Mary Rose ⚓
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Had a cracking #PalAss25 with some really great discussions after my #Yourpalaolife talk, a brilliant dinner and some extremely geeky time at the Historic Dockyard. Might have left my heart on the Mary Rose ⚓
#YOURPALAEOLIFE IS BACK! But we’re a bit different this time - If you're an established researcher, over 5 years post-PhD, it’s time to shine. Tell us about your field work ambitions, triumphs and (rock-) crushing disappointments.
#whenthestudentsaway #thePIgetstoplay
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#whenthestudentsaway #thePIgetstoplay
forms.gle/etx3gqg7DWZb...
#Yourpalaeolife Part II: the PI perspective
Hello everybody!
Welcome to the second part of this anonymous survey about field work in palaeontology - this time, we want to hear from ESTABLISHED CAREER PALAEONTOLOGISTS (more than 5 years post-PhD...
forms.gle
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#YOURPALAEOLIFE IS BACK! But we’re a bit different this time - If you're an established researcher, over 5 years post-PhD, it’s time to shine. Tell us about your field work ambitions, triumphs and (rock-) crushing disappointments.
#whenthestudentsaway #thePIgetstoplay
forms.gle/etx3gqg7DWZb...
#whenthestudentsaway #thePIgetstoplay
forms.gle/etx3gqg7DWZb...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Looking for a master student to work on the microstructure of metapodials and phalanges in arboreal mammals!! Fully funded by the MNHN. Cool collab with @houssayecnrs.bsky.social ! Contact me for more info 😁
December 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Looking for a master student to work on the microstructure of metapodials and phalanges in arboreal mammals!! Fully funded by the MNHN. Cool collab with @houssayecnrs.bsky.social ! Contact me for more info 😁
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Our next Lapworth Lecture is on Mon 1st Dec with Prof. Antony Morris, exploring seafloor spreading through grain-scale observations of oceanic crustal rocks.
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our next Lapworth Lecture is on Mon 1st Dec with Prof. Antony Morris, exploring seafloor spreading through grain-scale observations of oceanic crustal rocks.
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Open to everyone, free to attend.
📌 WG5, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Join us on Mon 24 Nov for Alice Whittle's @acwhittle.bsky.social Lapworth Lecture.
How does peatland restoration affect microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Open to all, free entry.
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
How does peatland restoration affect microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Open to all, free entry.
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us on Mon 24 Nov for Alice Whittle's @acwhittle.bsky.social Lapworth Lecture.
How does peatland restoration affect microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Open to all, free entry.
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
How does peatland restoration affect microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Open to all, free entry.
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham and/or Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
Faculty Position in Computational Biology
Applications are invited for an Assistant/ Associate Professorship in Computational Biology to commence on 1 April 2026 or shortly thereafter. This is a joint post between the Department of Applied
www.cam.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Come and join us here in Cambridge! Applications open for a new faculty position, for a researcher in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/faculty...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
Join Alice Whittle (University of Derby) @acwhittle.bsky.social as she explores the effect of peatland restoration on microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs in our Lapworth Lecture on Monday 24 Nov.
Available in-person on campus and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Available in-person on campus and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Join Alice Whittle (University of Derby) @acwhittle.bsky.social as she explores the effect of peatland restoration on microbes & carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs in our Lapworth Lecture on Monday 24 Nov.
Available in-person on campus and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Available in-person on campus and on Zoom.
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
BE PART OF THE DAWN OF THE AGE OF THINKING VERY HARD ABOUT FIELDWORK. Thank you so much to everyone who has filled in the #yourpalaeolife survey so far, you are all extraordinary people – but we need more!
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#Yourpalaeolife: the experience of early career palaeontologists and fieldwork
Hello everybody!
Welcome to my anonymous survey about fieldwork in palaeontology. I want to know about your experiences: what is the place of fieldwork in our research lives, how to we view it, and h...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
BE PART OF THE DAWN OF THE AGE OF THINKING VERY HARD ABOUT FIELDWORK. Thank you so much to everyone who has filled in the #yourpalaeolife survey so far, you are all extraordinary people – but we need more!
forms.gle/th65AipuGP6r...
forms.gle/th65AipuGP6r...
Reposted by Harriet E. Nuttall
How does peatland restoration affect microbes and carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How does peatland restoration affect microbes and carbon dynamics in upland blanket bogs?
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Delve into the world of mighty microbes with Alice Whittle @acwhittle.bsky.social at our next Lapworth Lecture on Mon 24 Nov, available on campus and on Zoom.
More info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/lapwo...
Very exciting to be presenting a lightning view of the #Yourpalaeolife results for @thepalass.bsky.social #PalAss2025 in December. The survey still has a few more weeks to run though! Follow the link to complete it:
forms.gle/cLLkEjdLjPrT...
forms.gle/cLLkEjdLjPrT...
October 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Very exciting to be presenting a lightning view of the #Yourpalaeolife results for @thepalass.bsky.social #PalAss2025 in December. The survey still has a few more weeks to run though! Follow the link to complete it:
forms.gle/cLLkEjdLjPrT...
forms.gle/cLLkEjdLjPrT...
For anybody not in the UK, Dan’s talk will be live on Zoom and then later on the Museum’s YouTube channel 🦜 less than a fortnight to wait!
Dr Daniel Villar @daniel-a-villar.bsky.social will speak about the importance of #fieldwork for macroecology & macroevolution at our next #LapworthLecture.
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
Free to attend, open to everyone.
📅 Mon 27 Oct, 17:30
📌 WG12, Aston Webb A-Block, Uni of Bham / Zoom
For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk...
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For anybody not in the UK, Dan’s talk will be live on Zoom and then later on the Museum’s YouTube channel 🦜 less than a fortnight to wait!